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Re:"Disable Javascript" option removed in Firefox 23 by _pmf_ on Monday July 01, 2013 @02:07AM (#5968993)
> Is there any empirical evidence that suggests that people accidentally disabling JavaScript and then being confused as to why websites don't look right is a significant problem?

Of course not. Mozilla's agenda is determined by its main sponsor, Google, which has a vital interest for JS to be enabled. Any spin on this being somehow "for the user" is bullshit.

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Re:"Disable Javascript" option removed in Firefox 23 by icebraining on Monday July 01, 2013 @02:18AM (#5969032)
Apparently, the agenda of Google's own browser team isn't determined by Google, since they haven't removed this option.
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